Dr Laura Hodsdon
@laurhod.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Research Centre Lead, Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University | Heritage, landscapes, social justice | Lapsed Classicist. Rower, runner(ish), photographer, failing veg grower. Yorkie in Cornwall.
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Dr Laura Hodsdon
@laurhod.bsky.social
· Jul 30
You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
It really shouldn't be so hard to source vegetarian + organic dairy products (veggie parmesan, organic sunflower spread etc). Does anyone out there know someone who will deliver to the far west of Cornwall...?! (or preferably make it here obvs) #organic #dairy #sustainable #food
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It really shouldn't be so hard to source vegetarian + organic dairy products (veggie parmesan, organic sunflower spread etc). Does anyone out there know someone who will deliver to the far west of Cornwall...?! (or preferably make it here obvs) #organic #dairy #sustainable #food
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"From today, 2 December ... trans girls and young women will no longer be able to join Girlguiding.' 😡😢
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
One of the girl guide leaders has set up this petition to oppose the decision - there's a lot of backlash from within girl guiding www.change.org/p/allow-tran...?
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
www.change.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"From today, 2 December ... trans girls and young women will no longer be able to join Girlguiding.' 😡😢
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.
Whistlestop trip to Versailles this week to share reflections on the Re:voice project and hear about other JPI CH funded projects.
Also, pleasingly I was asked for directions by French people twice, which made a nice change from being pegged as a tourist. Think it must be the hat.
Also, pleasingly I was asked for directions by French people twice, which made a nice change from being pegged as a tourist. Think it must be the hat.
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Whistlestop trip to Versailles this week to share reflections on the Re:voice project and hear about other JPI CH funded projects.
Also, pleasingly I was asked for directions by French people twice, which made a nice change from being pegged as a tourist. Think it must be the hat.
Also, pleasingly I was asked for directions by French people twice, which made a nice change from being pegged as a tourist. Think it must be the hat.
Brahms’ Requiem has been on my singing bucket list for ages - super excited for tonight’s concert with @threespiressing.bsky.social - tickets available on the door if you’re in Truro!
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Brahms’ Requiem has been on my singing bucket list for ages - super excited for tonight’s concert with @threespiressing.bsky.social - tickets available on the door if you’re in Truro!
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Ask a stupid question, dry up a river.
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Ask a stupid question, dry up a river.
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
A nicely timed walk at Godrevy yesterday
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A nicely timed walk at Godrevy yesterday
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“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies."
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies."
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.
#Peston
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Always delighted to see the veg sections in French supermarkets - these are local mushrooms, thoughtfully and respectfully presented, not just shipped in from wherever and vacuum packed as in the UK. And a real celebration of local produce in general. (Very little organic choice though, sadly.)
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Always delighted to see the veg sections in French supermarkets - these are local mushrooms, thoughtfully and respectfully presented, not just shipped in from wherever and vacuum packed as in the UK. And a real celebration of local produce in general. (Very little organic choice though, sadly.)
Flyover linking two banks of the Nile and a billboard planted on an island, itself only accessible by boat
September 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Flyover linking two banks of the Nile and a billboard planted on an island, itself only accessible by boat
Door with hands, Cairo
September 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Door with hands, Cairo
Mural in the City of the Dead, Cairo
September 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Mural in the City of the Dead, Cairo
So lucky today to visit Qursayah Island on the Nile with @landscaperesearch.bsky.social - farming and fishing communities just a stone's throw from the modern city - and to support verynile.org up-cycling programme of plastic waste from the river plus their delicious community cafe
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So lucky today to visit Qursayah Island on the Nile with @landscaperesearch.bsky.social - farming and fishing communities just a stone's throw from the modern city - and to support verynile.org up-cycling programme of plastic waste from the river plus their delicious community cafe
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social please tell BBC News we’re sick of 4 MP Party Reform being rammed down our throats daily with drivel like this👇🏼report
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms
The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.
www.bbc.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social please tell BBC News we’re sick of 4 MP Party Reform being rammed down our throats daily with drivel like this👇🏼report
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
The @libdems.org.uk have 72 MPs, Greens 4, SNP 9 but they don’t get a look in 🤷🏼♂️
Soon BBC News will report what Farage has for breakfast 🙄
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As it happens I met this fella a couple of weeks ago. He was doing voluntary work to make habitat for bees and butterflies.
August 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As it happens I met this fella a couple of weeks ago. He was doing voluntary work to make habitat for bees and butterflies.
You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
July 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
You can now read all of Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage for free via Open Access www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
Oh yes, hello #TidesOutTuesday! Definitely a hashtag I can embrace.
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
July 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Oh yes, hello #TidesOutTuesday! Definitely a hashtag I can embrace.
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
*Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe* is out today!
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe
Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage draws upon an original, wide-ranging dataset to show that the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural he...
www.routledge.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
*Revoicing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives from the Margins of Europe* is out today!
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...
Using data from the JPICH Re:voice project, it explores the dynamics and ethics of participation in European national minority cultures’ intangible cultural heritage
www.routledge.com/Revoicing-In...